A book about little-known (un)useful facts from the creative field. Structured as a dictionary, it includes meaningful information, idle gossip and anecdotes from A to Z. This is where Coco Chanel, David Carson and Chupa Chups come together on a spread and create inspirational connections and knowledge.

It’s a perfect handbook for design students, designers, architects and everybody that works in the creative industry. ‘Hotchpotch’ is structured as a dictionary, making it easy to follow or to look up information on a certain subject. The main objective of the book is to create inspirational connections and to supply knowledge.

Author

Ralph Burkhardt is a designer and author. He studied Information/Media at the University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd. He has been awarded various national and international design prizes. In addition to being the managing partner of burkhardthauke – Büro für Gestaltung, he also teaches typography at the Media University (HdM).

Press

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"With this small lexicon you can test your own creative knowledge. Ordered alphabetically, it covers a thousand concepts of design and art, ranging from the Alvar Aalto vase to the Zundapp Janus, a colourful kaleidoscope of creativity. In fact, it includes also many useful information, such as who designed the logos of IBM, Apple and Coca Cola or what certain graphic or typographic technical terms mean. Hotchpotch is a fun pocket-sized memorabilia."